What do you love about the Barrowdowns? - Page 3 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 09-30-2004, 10:54 AM

I wonder why I get feeling that FH wasn't on too many sports teams in earlier life.... that competitive streak was not channelled enough methinks....

Fordim Hedgethistle · 09-30-2004, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

I wonder why I get feeling that FH wasn't on too many sports teams in earlier life.... that competitive streak was not channelled enough methinks....

Whaddya talking about? I was on plenty of sports teams.

(Chess, Risk and debating are sports. . .right?)

Mithalwen · 09-30-2004, 11:21 AM

Only if Halma and Bridge are also.... On this side of the Atlantic... well things are a bit lax, but unless you are a Paralympian - a sport is something you have to leave your chair to participate in....

But then I was a founder member of my Uni's women's rugby team - it's not the winning - it's the taking apart...

Encaitare · 09-30-2004, 02:39 PM

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Check the List now, check it now, quick! Before davem posts again and once more moves past me.

I'm number one, I'm number one, I'm number one!

*Fordim pumps his fist in the air "wooting" rhythmically*

So you are, and well done!

Uh, yeah, so .... back on topic...

Let's see... what else do I love about the Downs? Oh yes, it provides a nice distraction from silly mundane things like English homework. Plus, I love it when you discover that other people are into the same dorky things as me, ie Pink Floyd, Monty Python, Hitchhikers Guide, and so forth. Makes me feel less alone in the world.

Aylwen Dreamsong · 09-30-2004, 03:21 PM

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Plus, I love it when you discover that other people are into the same dorky things as me, ie Pink Floyd, Monty Python, Hitchhikers Guide, and so forth.

I'm almost offended that you'd think those things are dorky.

Actually, I love that I'm not the weirdest one lurking here. Unless there's something I missed, I'm at least a little normal in this crowd...

-Aylwen

Encaitare · 09-30-2004, 09:18 PM

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I'm almost offended that you'd think those things are dorky.

I mean it in the best possible way.

Dorky is fun!

Mithalwen · 10-01-2004, 10:50 AM

Your offended? I am shattered ..... "In my day..." Hitchhikers was new, cool and in teh argot of the day trendy .....

but then may be that is another glory of the downs that there are younger people who regard your youthful obsessions as a cult rather than merely tragic!

Encaitare · 10-27-2004, 08:50 PM

I just thought of something else... I love the fact that it's got a black background... nice and easy on the eyes, especially late at night.

09-30-2004, 10:54 AM	#81
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	I wonder why I get feeling that FH wasn't on too many sports teams in earlier life.... that competitive streak was not channelled enough methinks.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

09-30-2004, 11:21 AM	#83
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Only if Halma and Bridge are also.... On this side of the Atlantic... well things are a bit lax, but unless you are a Paralympian - a sport is something you have to leave your chair to participate in.... But then I was a founder member of my Uni's women's rugby team - it's not the winning - it's the taking apart... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace Last edited by Mithalwen; 09-30-2004 at 11:23 AM. Reason: transposition error

10-01-2004, 10:50 AM	#87
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,458	Your offended? I am shattered ..... "In my day..." Hitchhikers was new, cool and in teh argot of the day trendy ..... but then may be that is another glory of the downs that there are younger people who regard your youthful obsessions as a cult rather than merely tragic! __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-27-2004, 08:50 PM	#88
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	I just thought of something else... I love the fact that it's got a black background... nice and easy on the eyes, especially late at night.